New Jersey residents who were surveyed four months after Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast of the United States in October 2012 expressed strong support for government policies to reduce the likelihood of severe damage from future hurricanes, according to …
Two of the major cost drivers for bodily injury claims are whether they are litigated and if the claimant requires surgery. Historically, determining whether a claimant is likely to have surgery or is going to litigate a claim occurs after …
Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel is urging Wisconsin residents to be prepared for the severe weather season during Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week, April 21-25, 2014. Wisconsin had 16 reported tornadoes in 2013 according to the statistics kept by the …
Parents of a Santa Barbara woman killed by a drunk-driving congressional aide have filed a federal lawsuit against the driver, Democratic Congresswoman Lois Capps, and the U.S. government. Santa Barbara news station KEYT reports that the wrongful death suit was …
A Butte-based office supply company is asking the Montana Supreme Court to uphold a lower judge’s ruling that the state’s cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional. The constitutional challenge filed by Masters Group International Inc. comes after a Butte-Silver …
A Ohio woman was ordered to repay more than $32,000 in connection with working while collecting workplace injury benefits. Laura Brown pleaded guilty April 9 in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony. “Ms. …
San Diego, Calif. (April 22, 2014) – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, welcomes Rod Taylor as the new president of the commercial division. Taylor will be based in the new Atlas office located in Dallas. …
Authorities in a New Orleans suburb say a business owner arrived at work to find the legs of dead man dangling from an oven vent in the building’s kitchen. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says the discovery was made Saturday …
During a session held at the Property & Liability Resource Bureau’s national conference in Indianapolis last month, Eric Nordman, director of the Regulatory Division at the NAIC, discussed recent regulation related to independent adjuster licensing. Nordman began by providing an …
General Motors Co.’s move to freeze ignition-defect lawsuits in California and Texas has solid legal precedent behind it and could help slash customer demands for compensation by billions of dollars. GM asked federal judges in both states last week to …